Improvement in farm-gates



WYJ'. HOLLIS.

FARM-GATE.

Patented Dec.2 8,1875.

' INVENTOR WlTN ESSES ATTOR N EY N- PETERS, FNOTOJJTHUGHAPHER, WlSHINGTON, D. C.

UNIrEn STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

WILLIAM J. HOLLIS, OF DE WITT, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 171,478, dated December 28, 1875; application filed May 9, 1874.

To allwhom it may concern:-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HoLL1s,of De Witt, in the county of Carroll and State of Missouri, haveinvented a new and valuable Improvement in Lifting or Tilting Farm-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of gates in which vertical and horizontal bars are jointed together, so that the gate may be opened by turning it on its hinges in the usual manner, or by elevating the outer end; and the object of my invention is to retain the gate in any position to which it may be adjusted, to maintain the hinges parallel when the gate is raised, and to unite the vertical and horizontal bars securely, while allowing them to move freely.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side view of the gate, partly open; Fig. 2, a perspective view of one of the straps used for forming the joint and hinge; Fig.' 3, a detached perspective view of part of one of the vertical bars; Fig. 4 a vertical section, and Fig. 5 a horizontal section through the hingejoint.

The gate consists of uprights B B B and horizontal bars or strips A, united to the up rights, where they cross each other, by pins 0, so as to allow the parts to play freely on said pins, and the outer end of the gate to be elevated, as shown in Fig. 1.

The gate thus constructed does not ditter from others heretofore made.

To the upper bar A is hung a retainer, consisting of two strips, 0, one on each side, pivoted by the same pin, and connected below the lower bar by a cross piece or pin, 0. When the gate is elevated to any-position the retainer is swung forward until its pin 0 is in contact with the under edge of the lower rail A, when the parts will be maintained in their position.

By this simple arrangement the usual complicated pawl and ratchet, and other retainers, are dispensed with.

In the inner face of each strip 13, opposite the upper and lower strips A, are two recesses, a, Fig. 3, each of sufficient depth to receive one of the arms of a folded iron strap or yoke, 13, Fig. 2, the folded end of which constitutes the hinge, while the forked end embraces the strip A. The pin 6, which unites the vertical and horizontal strips, passes also through the yoke, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

Heretofore, in this class of gates, a folded strip of metal has been secured to each of the bars A, and clamped between the sides of the latter and the adjacent strip B, leaving a space between the two, Which weakened all the joints. This arrangement is mainly objectionable, however, from the straps being secured to the horizontal strips, and moving with the latter when the gate is opened, thus straining the hinge-pins or staples, andcreating injurious friction. V

By separating the arms of the straps to embrace the bars A, and fitting these arms into recesses in the uprights, so as to be flush with the inner faces of the latter, a strong durable joint is formed, the faces of the uprights and horizontals are brought into contact, while the straps are maintained in a horizontal position,whatever may be the movements of the gate.

I claim- 1. The combination, in a gate, of the upright strips B, jointed by pins 0 to horizontal strips A, and metal yokes or straps B embracin g the strips A, fitting recesses in the strips B, perforated for the passage of the pins 0, and extending beyond the uprights, and forming the loops of the hinges, all as set forth.

2. The combination,with the gate constructed as described, ofthe retainer, consisting ofbars O G, pivoted to the upper bar, and united below the lower bar, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

W. J. HOLLIS.

Witnesses:

A. J. SHOOKLEY, J. T. CRAIG. 

